24. Here, as elsewhere, hope and love follow
faith; the Pauline triad of Christian graces.
consider--with the mind attentively fixed on "one another"
(see on
Heb 3:1),
contemplating with continual consideration the characters and wants of
our brethren, so as to render mutual help and counsel. Compare
"consider,"
Ps 41:1,
and Heb 12:15,
"(All) looking diligently lest any fail of the grace of God."
to provoke--Greek, "with a view to provoking unto
love," instead of provoking to hatred, as is too often the case.
JFB.
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